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Vancouver General Hospital
With 955 beds, Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) is the province’s largest hospital offering specialized and tertiary services to residents in Vancouver and across the province. VGH takes patients referred from other parts of the province requiring highly specialized services. VGH is also a teaching hospital, affiliated with the University of British Columbia, and home to one of the largest research institutes in Canada.
The in-patient Neurology service at VGH consists of a 14 bed unit located on T5-B of the Pattison Pavilion. This unit is the only dedicated in-patient Neurology clinical teaching unit (CTU) in the province and has within its mandate the provision of tertiary care for complex neurological disorders. The inpatient program features a specialized epilepsy monitoring unit (2 beds), a stroke service (6 beds) and 6 beds for general neurology.
A very large percentage of all stroke patients presenting or referred to VGH are now admitted to the Neurology service for acute management during the first 5-7 days of their post stroke care. From there the stroke pathway includes transfer to the UBCH Sub-acute Stroke Unit before moving on to appropriate rehabilitation facilities or home. This has resulted in an increase in the number of stroke patients cared for on neurology with a reduction in patients requiring a prolonged stay on the unit.
The VGH and UBCH neurologists provide important consultation services within Vancouver Acute. Neurological diagnostic services at VGH include electroencephalography (EEG), intra-operative monitoring (IOM) and electromyography (EMG).
Ambulatory services provided include subspecialty clinics for Movement Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease and dementias, Stroke, Neuromuscular Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Epilepsy and Neurooncology. These clinics integrate with a strong research environment for each of these programs, which in turn form the core of the academic mission of the Division. The clinics also provide important post-graduate educational activities for trainees within the Division.
